Officers swarmed the area after several witnesses reported hearing gunshots.

"I heard boom, boom, boom and heard my radiator pop, and then boom and the motor blew from him shooting the car," resident Anthony Cook said.

Workers at Patti-Cake Day Care on Elm Street said they heard gunshots.

"I heard four gunshots. We closed off all the doors and locked them," day care worker Patricia Battaglia said.

There were no injuries reported.

Richards was charged with discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling, possession of a firearm without a license, unlawful possession of ammunition and malicious destruction of property, police said.

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